Lead Offensive Security Engineer: Automated Validation

EPAM Systems; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

EPAM Systems Inc. seeks a Lead APT & Automated Validation Engineer who designs automated exploitation chains and builds scalable security validation across complex environments.

The role emphasizes scripting in Python, leading security teams, and translating manual pentesting into repeatable automation while maintaining production safety. You will work with Pentera, Cymulate, and Picus to scale validation workflows and improve the offensive automation framework.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in offensive security, pentesting, or security engineering.
• At least 1 year of leadership experience.
• Expertise in exploit chaining and attack logic.
• Proficiency in Python for writing custom exploits and automating complex multi-stage attack scripts.
• Experience configuring and scaling automated security validation tools (Pentera, Cymulate, or Picus).
• In-depth knowledge of the OSI model and core network protocols (DNS, BGP, TCP/IP).
• Understanding of web application vulnerabilities, including OWASP Top 10 and API flaws such as IDOR.
• Proven capability to engineer automated exploit scripts that safely validate vulnerabilities without crashing production networks or databases.
• English proficiency at B1+ level or above.

Responsibilities

• Design and sequence exploit chains that combine multiple vulnerabilities to achieve higher-impact outcomes.
• Develop custom exploits and weaponized scripts to automate multi-stage attack scenarios.
• Build and maintain automated authentication flows handling OAuth, TOTP, and MFA programmatically.
• Configure, scale, and operate continuous automated security validation platforms.
• Engineer exploit scripts capable of safely validating vulnerabilities in live production environments without disrupting services or corrupting data.
• Analyze network and web application attack surfaces to identify opportunities for automated exploitation.
• Collaborate with security and engineering teams to translate manual pentesting techniques into repeatable, automated workflows.
• Continuously improve the organization's offensive automation framework and tooling.

Skills

Leadership

Offensive security

Automation thinking

Team collaboration

Tools

Python

Pentera

Cymulate

Picus

Job description

EPAM Systems Inc. seeks a Lead APT & Automated Validation Engineer who designs automated exploitation chains and builds scalable security validation across complex environments.

The role emphasizes scripting in Python, leading security teams, and translating manual pentesting into repeatable automation while maintaining production safety. You will work with Pentera, Cymulate, and Picus to scale validation workflows and improve the offensive automation framework.